Remove problematic splash message

Luci · March 22, 2026, 11:36pm

Hyprland version

0.54.2

Hi, i just noticed there is a quote from the problematic band Rammstein in the splash messages.

They are accused of numerous instances of sexual assault, partially while drugging people. Mostly due to the singer Till Lindemann.

A bit of an overview can be found here: Rammstein sexual assault allegations: A timeline But with a search, especially in German sources, more can be found pretty easily. In Germany Rammstein is pretty much completely canceled in all non-conservative or non-right-wing environments.

So i please ask you to remove the highlighted line of the quote of their song “Sonne”, as this is very prone to making people uncomfortable

github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland

src/helpers/Splashes.hpp

bf31f642b


      
          "Now you're just somebody that I used to know...",
          "Black bird, black moon, black sky",
          "Some legends are told, some turn to dust or to gold",
          "Your brain gets smart, but your head gets dumb.",
          "Save your mercy for someone who needs it more",
          "You're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud",
          "Ding ding pch n daa, bam-ba-ba-re-bam baram bom bom baba-bam-bam-bommm",
          "Súbeme la radio que esta es mi canción",
          "I'm beggin', beggin' you",
          "Never gonna let you down (I am trying!)",
          "Hier kommt die Sonne",
          "Kickstart my heart, give it a start",
          "Fear of the dark, I have a constant fear that something's always near",
          "Komm mit, reih dich ein.",
          "I wish I had an angel for one moment of love",
          "We're the children of the dark",
          "You float like a feather, in a beautiful world",
          "Demons come at night and they bring the end",
          "All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us",
          "Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?",
          // clang-format on

Ergon · March 23, 2026, 10:56pm

wtf? Who cares? What’s with this garbage cancel culture? Get a life.

Luci · March 23, 2026, 11:54pm

Cause i, and many others, don’t want to see stuff like that and be constantly reminded that people like that exist and not get proper legal punishment. Also i would never want to spend my time, energy or money on any kind of project that thinks its okay to give a platform to people like that. I rather spend my time without misogynistic bigotry around me, and if it exists i’ll fight it if i can

Ergon · March 24, 2026, 12:08am

Whatever karen. No one cares.

vaxry · March 24, 2026, 12:28am

that’s just 5 words, how do you know it’s from Rammstein? Maybe it’s just a quote of a random german who was happy to see the sun rise in the morning?

Anyways, you can disable splashes in the config.

Luci · March 25, 2026, 12:32am

Cause its in the section with quotes from song lyrics

vaxry · March 25, 2026, 12:36am

ah but you see it’s actually a german translation of the main lyric from the famous beatles song: